Railroad-chair



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RAILROAD CHAIR. No. 253,374. Patented Feb. 7,1882.

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No. 253,374. Patented Feb. 7,1882.

I 1v VEJVTOR W .dttorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI HAAS, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,374, dated February '7, 1882.

' Application filed July 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern p Be it known that I, LEVI. HAAs,'of Chester,

in the county of Delaware and State of Pennwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which. A

Figure 1 is a detached view ofthe chair. Fig.

- 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 8 is a detached view of the tie Fig. 4 is a side elevation, and Fig. 5 s

is a plan view, of my invention.

. Thisinvention has relation toimprovements in railway-chairs, which may be constructed of cay, requiring frequent renewal.

T-rail waste, scrap, or other iron, which may answer the intended purpose; and it consists in certain details'of construction andarrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter more fullyset forth and claimed.

' Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates a section of a T-rail forming the foundation or base, and taking the place of the ordinary wood tie, which is objectionable because, among other reasons, itis subject to de- The section of T-rail iron A only requires the recessing out of its upper or flanged portion to enable it to serve in the capacity of a chair, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2.

- The bottom of the recess a is further recessed at a, which recesses are filled by pieces of 5 wood B piled one upon the other, to form an elastic bearing for the rails. This latter feature, with the securing nutted and bolted plates 0 for the rails, is the same as that de-- scribed in a former application of mine. The 0 chairs are connected together at the base or web by rods or bars b, adjustably connected thereto.

Thisimprovementembodies the construction of the base in such manner that it answers 45 the purpose of a tie to the extent of supporting the rail and the chair unitedly, and the expense of its construction is thus lessened.

'I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent o presence oftwo witnesses.

LEVI HAAS.

Witnesses: GEo. R. HERRICK, THOMAS BREEN. 

